Question 1

The 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was designed to

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A)  treat Indians as equals to white men. 
B)  inspire greater tribal unity. 
C)  destroy Indian tribes by allowing the greater use of force by the military. 
D)  turn Indians into individual landowners and farmers and to undermine tribal bonds. 
E)  provide Indians with the capital necessary to build a diversified economy.

Question 2

Who led a raid against Brownsville, Texas in 1859?

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A)  César Chavez 
B)  Alberto dé Léon 
C)  Eric Estrada 
D)  Juan Cortina 
E)  Don Delivega

Question 3

Helen Hunt Jackson was among those Americans who were outraged by the federal government's violation of its Indian treaties and instead embraced a different approach to the Indians, which was

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A)  To establish boarding schools that would teach them the ways of civilized society. 
B)  To forge new cooperative relationships between members of neighboring tribes. 
C)  To fortify Indian cultural identity and traditions. 
D)  To provide college educations to Native Americans. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 4

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Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Idaho

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Question 5

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Kansas

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Question 6

Which of the following was not one of the advances in technology that enabled the Great Plains farmers to increase the land's yield tenfold?

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A)  Gasoline-powered canal boats. 
B)  Efficient steel plows 
C)  Improved threshers 
D)  Specially-designed wheat planters 
E)  Improved grain binders.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody

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Question 8

Landownership is part of the "American dream." Describe the acts of Congress that played a part in redistributing western land. Were those acts successful in distributing the land equally among the common people? Why or why not?

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Question 9

Much of the labor constructing the railroads throughout the West was provided by all of the following groups except

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A)  Chinese 
B)  Irish 
C)  African-Americans 
D)  Mexicans 
E)  Norwegians

Question 10

Explore living conditions for American settlers to the Plains. What problems did they have in traveling to a homestead? Why was setting up a successful homestead so difficult? Why was homesteading particularly difficult for women?

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Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Barbed Wire

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Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Las Gorras Blancas (White Caps)

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Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Red River War

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Question 14

How did ranchers and settlers displace Spanish-speaking Americans in the Southwest?

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Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Wovoka, Ghost Dance, Battle of Wounded Knee

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Question 16

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Colorado

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Question 17

General George Armstrong Custer's purpose in bringing his troops into the Black Hills of South Dakota was to

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A)  find a location for a new fort. 
B)  Christianize the Indians, using force if necessary. 
C)  confirm rumors about the existence of gold. 
D)  negotiate a peace treaty with the Sioux at Little Bighorn. 
E)  either buy the Black Hills or drive the Indians out of that region.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Nat Love

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John Wesley Powell

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Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Helen Hunt Jackson

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Exam 17: The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The 1887 Dawes Severalty Act was designed to

Who led a raid against Brownsville, Texas in 1859?

Helen Hunt Jackson was among those Americans who were outraged by the federal government's violation of its Indian treaties and instead embraced a different approach to the Indians, which was

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Idaho

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Kansas

Which of the following was not one of the advances in technology that enabled the Great Plains farmers to increase the land's yield tenfold?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody

Landownership is part of the "American dream." Describe the acts of Congress that played a part in redistributing western land. Were those acts successful in distributing the land equally among the common people? Why or why not?

Much of the labor constructing the railroads throughout the West was provided by all of the following groups except

Explore living conditions for American settlers to the Plains. What problems did they have in traveling to a homestead? Why was setting up a successful homestead so difficult? Why was homesteading particularly difficult for women?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Barbed Wire

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Las Gorras Blancas (White Caps)

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Red River War

How did ranchers and settlers displace Spanish-speaking Americans in the Southwest?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Wovoka, Ghost Dance, Battle of Wounded Knee

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on Map B of the western United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Colorado

General George Armstrong Custer's purpose in bringing his troops into the Black Hills of South Dakota was to

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Nat Love

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John Wesley Powell

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Helen Hunt Jackson